Charter schools proven to work

11:47 AM,
Apr. 4, 2013

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USA TODAY

The arrival of charter schools in any city usually starts a fight. Critics - whether district superintendents or teachers' unions or school boards or a traveling band of academic doubters - snipe at the newcomers, arguing that they're siphoning students and money from traditional public schools.

But as evidence from the 20-year-old charter experiment mounts, the snipers are in need of a new argument. There's little doubt left that top-performing charters have introduced new educational models that have already achieved startling results in even the most difficult circumstances.